Things that i came across

Well, just to share with you all on what i did in the past hour, I read yesterday's theStar newspaper. *swt* I know , it's already considered OLDpaper, since i didn't read it when it was still fresh,NEW and all. But yeah, I read it when i was bored in in the mood.

I came across this wonderfully insightful article with a good dose of humour added in by Huzir Sulaiman entitled "Communication Failure" and the subtitles says "Smile, and the whole world smiles with you. Really". It was about the author being very concerned and irritated by the brusqueness of the woman who came up to him. Here's the scenario while the author was eating his fried noodles at a local hawker stall in Singapore while waiting for his wife in her usual Pilates class.

Scenario
Woman: *glares at the plate and then to the author* Where did you order your Mee Goreng?
Huzin: *points to the Siti Nur Liayat Claypot Noodles sign* They're very good.
Woman: Okay
Huzin: *thinks to himself : Okay? Okay? Whatever happened to 'thank you'?*

He was obviously fuming about the rudeness of the woman. But then it was about an hour later he realised that it was not really about rudeness, or at least not entirely. It was about failure of language, and the perils of assumption. Because the woman had spoken with the accent of a fluent speaker of English,

What Huzin expected was this....
Woman: Sorry to bother you, but could i possibly ask from which stall you ordered your noodles? They look awfully good.
Huzin: *tells where he got it from*
Woman: Thank you ever so much

Ahahaha, *swt* i know that would be a tad bit farlah his expectations, but it did humour me for a moment. He said that he wouldn't been at least bit upset if a person whose first language he guessed to be Malay, Hokkien, or Tamil had come up to him and said, "That one from where?" and had merely nodded thanks when being told. When thinking about this issue as a whole, i guessed it would have the same effect on me as it did on him, but the only difference is that i DON'T mind whatever race he or she maybe. People should know and PRACTISE the flowery codes that conveys a sense of politeness and respect, regardless of what colour your skin maybe. He mentioned that the discrepancy between the woman's standard grammar and non-standard brusqueness was what had offended him.

Once he told his wife about his, his wife merely just shunned his theories and said, "No matter how well or badly you speak a language, the most important thing is the smile - the sense of the human connection. A genuine smile transcends a limited vocabulary. You were right to feel insulted - not because of the words she used or didn't use, but because of the words she used or didn't use, but because she didn't have the courtesy to smile." Wow, now that IS deep right? I mean, i she' quite true about the fact that a genuine smile transcends limited vocabulary.

This suddenly reminded me of an advertisement on the TV long long time ago when i was a lil kid to SMILE. It was a song basically. Ahahaha, nice ad. I wonder whether was it due to a Smile campaign going on or something. Hey! I was a young semi-ignorant girl, i didn't know whats going on outside the big world. hehehe.

Well, just goes to show to yall. A smile does warm peoples heart, especially if it's genuine. Just cut the words and leave a smile. *grins*

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Flipping through the pages of theStar once again, I then came across super funny myth in an article entitled "Tips for grown-up zits". Here's a little extract from it:

" Contrary to popular belief, acne is not caused by eating too many fast food hamburgers with French Fries, consuming soft drinks, gorging on chocolate, thinking about sex, or not washing your face. "

AHAHAHAHA, guessed where i started laughing at???
"...THINKING ABOUT SEX?!?!?!?" like wtf? *giggles* I've never heard of it before! It got me in fits reading that one. Haiyohhh, who the silly scientist who even created such a thing in the first place? Wanna slap that person senseless already. Geeez, if like that then i know who's the horny dude by now. AHAHAA *has a person in mind* LOL

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Currently now i'm reading an interestingly bit over exaggerated non fictional story of Dato' Abdul Hamid bin Dato' Sidek. The book is called "Confessions of an Old Boy. The Dato' Hamid Adventures". So far so good after reading the first few chapters, but SO freaking hornylah this Dato' Hamid feller. He keeps making love with HOT women (well, they were described to be very big in the upper torso section and all those lovely descriptions of a hottielah) in this story. Like hello?? Was he really dashing? *looks down and shakes head* Whatlarrr, but i still read on. Not bad, you guys should give it a try, though i'm not done with the book, so i'll give you my final verdict when i'm done.

To sum things up:

1. Zitty people aren't horny, so STOP teasing them! Ehehehe, but since i've just found this out, i might just make a few laughs just for myself by teasing sum zitty feller. Do you think Ju Lyirn's horny? *giggles* Thank goodness he doesn't read my blog.
   
2. Cut the words and SMILE everyone! Smile to the people around you. Go on, spread and create a human connection with just a smile. LOL
   
3. Young Malay men are horny bastards when they venture overseas judging by the first few chapters of that book i'm currently reading. Too muchlaaa too much.

Waiting in vain for pics that have been long forgotten.
Waiting painfully.
Sweei.